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You’re not alone:
Encouraging collaborative efforts among teachers and using existing world language infrastructure to
create resources for Less Commonly Taught languages.
LCTLs and Spanish working together
• As Foreign Language teachers we are all in this together and are here to help one another.
Renaissance Academy K – 9 Language Program
Students take daily language classesEvery student studies a language: Arabic,
Chinese or Spanish
Formula for success: All language teachers meet together weekly to share
ideas and materials
COLLABORATION IN YOUR SCHOOL:
Establish a relationship with other language teachers at your school. (ESL)
Get together, share ideas.
Find a mentor in your school.
Ask other language teachers for feedback.
Share/Borrow MaterialsShare IdeasOffer something in returnCombine classesShare culturesPerform skitsTeach songsWorld Language Club
COLLABORATION IN YOUR COMMUNITY:
Get to know language teachers from other schools.
Find a mentor in the community.
Create a wiki.arabicteachers.wikispaces.com
Teaching Essentials & Best Practices:
Adapt these teaching techniques to your language.
The National Capital Language Resource Center http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/index.htm
Teaching Activities:
Adapt many teaching activities from commonly taught languages to your language.
Especially Listening and Speaking activities
ideas: arabicteachers.wikispaces.com
Resources: Teaching Materials
Send for Textbooks Professional Copies/Review copies ESL or commonly taught languages
Use Language Teaching Websiteshttp://teachers.net/mentors/spanish/http://www.abcteach.com/http://www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish3.htmlhttp://web.cortland.edu/flteach/
Resources: Teaching Materials
Use studentsUse parentsGive extra credit pointsSub-plan
Figurines/Puppets/Toys
Activity Sheets
Picture Files
Picture Pairs
Wipe off boards
Games PicassoConcentrationFly swatterFruit Basket
Information Gap Activities
Conversation ActivitiesSpeed friendshipping
Hands on
Cards
TPR with cards
Figurines
Felipe y Marta
Types of activities you will find on the Arabic Sharing Wiki